Churn-motor



A. R. BEAM. GHURN MOTOR (.No Model.)

Patented Jan. 5. 1892..

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L UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE..

AARON R. BEAM, OF VAOO, NORTH CAROLINA.

.CH'URN-MOTOR. l

SPECIFICATION forming vpart of Letters `Pate-nt No. 466,317, datedJanuary 5, 189.2.

' Application inea July 28,1891. serai no. 400,914. (No model.)

To all whom, Iltmay concern:

Be it known that I, AARON R. BEAM, a citizen of the United States,residing at Waco, in the county of Cleveland and State of NorthCarolina, have invented a vnew and useful Churn-Motor, of which thefollowing is a speciiication.

The invention relates to improvements in churn-motors.v

The object of the presentrinvention is to provide simple and eflcientmeansforpperating churns, whereby cream may be quickly converted intobutter.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed kout in the claim hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective 'view of a churn-motorembodying the invention. Fig. 2`is a transverse sectional v iew. Fig. 3is a detail perspective view of the joint between the Apitman and theflasher-rod. Fig. 4 is a detail sectional-view of the joint.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, 1 designates a frame consistingof Aparallel side bars 2 and legs or standards 3 and 4, supportin g theparallel side bars and arranged at the ends of the same, and journaledin suitable bearings of the side bars near one end of the frame is ashaft 5, carrying at one end a crank-handle b', by which the churn isoperated,and intermediate its ends a drive-wheel 7. At the opposite endof the frame is journaled a shaft 8,`upon which is mounted a wheel 9,which receives motion from the drive-wheel7 by a belt or band 10, andthe wheels 7 and 9 are provided in their peripheries with grooves toreceive the belt or band 10. A shaft 11 is journaled in suitablebearings at a pointintermediate the ends of the side bars, and carries agrooved pulley 12, over which passes the belt or band, and it isprovided at one end with a clip 18, designed to receive and secure tothe shaft a iiy-brush, fan, or the like,

- to keep flies from the person operating the churn and from the latter.The shaft 8 carries at one end a crank 14, which is arranged on thesides of a frame opposite that on which the crank 6 for operating themotor is arranged, and to which is connected a pitmanv 15, the latterhaving its other end pivotally secured to the upper end of a dasher-rod16. The upper end 17 of the dasher-rod and the lower end 18 of thepitman have their opposed faces rabbeted, and the recess portions areadapted to lit into each other, so that the pitman -will form acontinuation of the dasherl in alignment. 'On the side of the pitman op-Y posite that on, which the extension 23 is arranged is-secured a spring24, which is arranged within the socket 22,.and extends .downward andhas its .free end arranged within the socket 21 of the dasher-rod,whereby the dasher-rod and pitman arel caused to remain in alignmentwhen not forced out of such by the crank 14. By this construction aydirect downward strokeis given to the dasherrod, which has been foundexceedingly advantageous, as by it cream is quickly converted intobutter. v q

' At the lower end of the dasher-rod, which reciprocates vertically, isarranged a dasher 25, which is perforated and lprovided with openings26, in which are arranged guide-rods 27 having their upperv ends securedin openings of` a cover 2S of a churn-body 29, and having their lowerends secured to a cross-bar 30, arranged on the bottom of thechurn-body. The dasher-rod is arranged in a central opening of thevcover 2S, and itv has a direct easy vertical reciprocation, it beingguided in its movements by the rods 27.

It will be seen that the churn-motor is simple and comparativelyinexpensive in construction, strong and durable, easy to oper-` Aate, itrequiring very little force, and the cream is quickly churned.

What I claim is- In a churn-motor, the combination of a crank, a pitmanconnected to the crank andprovided at its lower end with a socket havingan extension 23, depending below the pit- In testimony that I Claim theforegoing as man, a. dasher-rod carrying a dasher and promy own I havehereto alxed my signature in lo vided at its upper end with a sockethaving presence of two witnesses.

. oppositely-disposed perforated extensions 20,

5 pivotally connected to the pitman, and a AARON R' BEAM' spring securedto the pitman and engaging Witnesses: the dasher-rod, substantially asand foi1 the J. W. GIDNEY,

purpose described. J. L. WEBB.

